Headrest socket for barber chairs



June 10, 1930. J. R, EMMERT HEADHEST SOCKET FOR BARBER 'CHIRS Filed July15, 1928 O @oOQMWMM!d m N M A. E. Y

Patented .lune 1l), 1930 UNITED STATES FATENr oFFicnN JOHN R. EMMERT, FCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMIL J. IAIDAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS HEADREST SOCKET FOR BARBER CHAIRS Application led July 13,

This invention relates to a barber chair and concerns itself with meansfor preventing the accumulation of hair in the back of the chair thatmay enter thru the head rest slot.

rIhe invention comprises the novel structure and combination of partshereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which 1o illustrate a `preferredembodiment of this invention and in which similar reference nu meralsrefer to similar features in the different views Figure l is aperspective View of a barber chair embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View upon the line II-IIof Figure l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional View upon the line III-III of Figurel.

Figure 4 is an enlarged View upon the line IV-IV of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon the line V-V of Figure3.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken upon the lineVI-VI of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon the line VII-VII ofFigure 4.

In the drawings, there is shown a common form of barber chair, to whichthis invention has been applied. The barber chair embodies a head restl, which is provided with a shank 2, which slidably and adjustably .titsin a slot or socket 3 in the top of the back 4 of the chair and in agroove 3a formed in a wooden strip 5 that extends down to the lowerframe member 7 of theV back.

In cutting hair, the head rest is usually removed from the chair, withthe result that particles of hair will drop down thru the socket 3 andaccumulate in the groove 3a. In time there will be an accumulation ofhair in the groove 3a that will bulge the covering 4- on the back of thechair. This accumulation of hair is generally wet and, of course,injurious to the chair.

In order to overcome this objection, a hair exit G communicating withthe groove 3a is provided in the bottom member 7 of the back 50 thruwhich the hair that finds its way into 1928. Serial No. 292,529.

the groove 3a may escape or be forced by a wire rod or the like, and, toexpedite the downward movement of such hair, a metal channel-like member8 or the like is inserted in said groove 3a. This channel member has aweb 9 with side flanges 10 which are turned in, as indicated at ll. Theshank of the head rest slidably fits in the channel and under theinturned flanges 1l. This channel member provides an efcient guidewayfor the shank and at the same time the hair finding its ray therein willmore readily gravitate to the bottom and escape thru the'eXit 6.

The flanges l() of the channel member 8 are provided with incisions l2(Fig. 4) a short distance from .the bottom thereof, and the flangeportions below said incisions are stamped into arcuate form with thelower ends liattened against the web 9 to form sockets for retainingcushioning elements 13 for the shank 2 when the same drops a suliicientdistance in' the groove 31.V

It will be readily obvious that this invention eliminates anyobjectionable accumulations of hair in the guideway in the back of thechair and provides an easy way for the removal thereof.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through a wide range Without departing fromthe principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do not purposelimiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by theprior art.

`I claim as my invention:

In a barber chair, a metal guide having a web with flanges, said flangesbeing formed at one end to provide Sockets, and bufl'ers seated in saidsockets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, CookCounty,

Illinois.

JOI-IN R. EMMERT.

